The Stone Avenue/Main Street development plans by McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture were submitted for permitting on Aug. 11. Officials with the firm say they are getting pricing from the contractor.

“Barring any unforeseen delays, the Beach Company would like to start construction as soon as they can … likely October or November," they said.

The developer that had been planning a 51-unit apartment building with retail on the other side of Rowley Street backed out, so the Beach Company will be taking over the development of that property as well.

Councilwoman Amy Ryberg-Doyle said, “They are expanding their planned development. They are adding more residential on that side of Rowley Street. They are adding town homes and they are bringing more uniformity to the design on Stone Avenue.”

The design firm said a neighborhood meeting is being planned for either Sept. 10 or Sept. 11 regarding development on the other side of Rowley Street.

Ryberg-Doyle will be sending out a notice once the meeting date is set inviting neighborhood residents to attend.

The Beach Company plan, as proposed to the city, is for a development on the 4.5-acre lot on the corner of Stone Avenue and North Main Street that will have 155 apartments and 20,000 square feet of retail space.

The plan shows the buildings on the corner of Stone Avenue and Rowley Street to have 71 apartments and 3,375 square feet of retail space.

A majority of the residential spaces, 116, are planned to be one bedroom units. There are 45 efficiency units (studio apartments) in the plan, 44 two-bedroom units and 21 three-bedroom units.

The development has a different design plan than what was originally pictured in the renderings in the Stone Avenue Master plan. The flat-roofed structures are much more urban modern/contemporary in design than those originally pictured, which included more traditional design and more brick surfaces.

Officials with the Charleston-based Beach Company say plans for the corner include residential and commercial space as specified in the Stone Avenue Master Plan.

The structures will be no more than five stories and will include public spaces and parking. The plan calls for neighborhoods to be pedestrian-oriented, with wide sidewalks, tree-lined streets, buried utility lines, approachable storefronts and places for residents to gather.

The architectural firm says if work gets underway in October or November, the Beach Company anticipates completion of the Stone and Main buildings in about 16 months.

“This is the key into North Main neighborhood and really the key and the anchor for the north end,” Ryberg-Doyle said.

The full Stone Avenue plan, expected to take years to complete, will encompass all of Stone Avenue, with mixed-use development planned as far east as the triangle off Wade-Hampton Boulevard.